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paul casey has hat numerous conversations with his caddied. they have not had the greatest sundays so far this season on the pga tour. they've got to close. that's what paul casey intends to do tomorrow. third round 65 for casey as he tries to pick up just his second pga tour win and his firsting in eight years. it will be a good one. paul casey projected standings right now would get it done ahead of justin thomas who just ekes ahead with that birdie at 18. johnson and rahm round out the top five. who's it going to be? schauffele up there. kevin kisner a
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ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too.
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a local community claiming victory after a utility company changes plans for massive power line projects. i will tell you what is next. ahead.
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news 4 at 6:00. starts now. >> president trump going after nba super star steph curry. good evening. curry fired back, suggesting racism, may be playing a role in the president's criticism. the controversy coming hours after trump blasted the nfl and players who kneel during the national anthem. we have this ongoing draw ma. >> reporter: in alabama friday night, president trump throwing red meat to his supporters. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that -- off the field right now? out, he is fired. he is fired. >> silent protest started last season. former san francisco 49er colin kaepernick
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protest and trump's rebuke is drawing sharp reaction. super star lebron james called the president a bum. >> i think they understand that the players are tired of this. we are tired of feeling like we are being bullied by the president of the united states. >> reporter: rodger goodell called out of the president without mentioning him by name. divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the nfl, our great game and all of our players goodell wrote. >> this one, i think he had no choice but to take a harder stand and this for a rodger goodell statement is fairly biting. >> reporter: trump disinvited the nba champions golden state warriors from coming to the white house after curry said he would skip the visit. >> this is not a bunch of malotov cocktail throwers. these are thoughtful people and they are not getting a thoughtful conversation
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white house. >> reporter: trump urged people to leave the games if the erays kneel. nbc news new york. >> well, as you can imagine, professional athletes are taking to social media to express their outrage. we want to start with lebron james who is trending right now, calling the president a bum. and adding going to the white house was a great honor until you showed up. this tweet from chris paul from the houston rockets saying that with everything that is going on in the country, why are you focused on who is kneeling? and who is visiting the white house. this next tweet, patriotism goes beyond a flag and an anthem. that was the university of maryland graduate and philadelphia eagles star and jamil hill, an espn host and commentator who was the subject of criticism, saying, welcome to the club bro. >> former
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woman edwards wants all nfl players to kneel for the anthem. we will show you what happens when the game ayers here on nbc 4, during sunday night football when the redskins play the oakland raiders. >> breaking news, coming in to the newsroom this evening. we are working to learn more information about a crash that killed a pedestrian and police say a vehicle struck the victim in the 3900 block of executive avenue. the driver stayed on the scene and the investigation is going at this hour. we will check in with the police in a few moments. a strong rth quake shook southern mexico as rescuers searched the rubble, the after shock had a magnitude of 6.1. there's no immediate reports of damage. but the death toll from the earlier quake has climbed to 305, puerto rico's governor's
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after the devastation of hurricane maria. dozens of mayors met with him today, he said that hospitals are at capacity. and people will start dying. >> after two weeks in florida, helping victims of hurricane irma, crews returned home today. they have been helping restore power in melbourne, ft. myers and one of the biggest challenges was dealing with the hot temperatures. >> once we got down there, it was a lot of humidity and heat which caused the crews, we want to make sure we were focusing on their health and making sure they were adequately hydrated so they could perform their duties. >> they were among dozens of employees and contractors across the country that traveled to restore power. >> a plan to bring power lines through a
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in northern virginia is being scrapped for now. descendants have lived on the road for decades. the planned construction sparking outrage in the community. we are live in gains ville with reaction to the change. darcy? well, we are here along carver road, nathan grayson, this was his property. he was the face of the opposition, if you take a look here in the yard, you can see signs, stop dominion power towers and on the tree, no on carver road and people here are looking at this decision as a victory, the community has been united in its opposition to dominion energy that project to build transmission lines through the road. it dates back to when freed slaifs were able to acquire land. it wi
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access to the property but the request was rejected that is why the project is being scrapped. dominion is asking for building the lines along i-66 and grayson said a grassroots effort has paid off. >> to let them know that they were attempting to be able to come through the neighborhood, and did not care. they really didn't care. the only objective they had was amazon.com on the other end and power station on that end. did not care what was in the middle. >> now, the battle has been won here. but there's still one ahead. if you take a look, it says, yes, i-66 hybrid. so dominion is pursuing an i-66 line. building the lines along i-66. but this hybrid would call for some of the power lines to go underground. right now that is not what they are pursuing. so, people are considering it a victory for now. again, one more battle ahead.
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>> thank you. >> how many people does it take to pull an 80 ton commercial jet. you are about to find out and trust us this event was all for a good cause. and speaking of a good cause, nbc 4 is working for you in the community. thousands of people coming out for our community shred. >> and i will let you know when it's going to start
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we are working for you in the community, and helping you safely get rid of personal documents piles up around the house. we would like to thank everyone who came out for the community 4 allstate community shred. members of the news 4 family as you saw, they were there to take those boxes off of your hands and we have a chance to talk to everyone there in prince george's county showing up, had a great response. >> the financial crimes unit has seen incidents come in where identities is being taken via mail and trash. so it's important to shred your documents that contain your personal information. >> chris lawrence was there, mark seagers was there this
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when the next shred it event is on nbc washington.com. shifting gears now, there's one workout for you are not going to get this in the gym. try pulling an airplane down the run way. that is what hundreds of people did at the dulles plane pull, each weighs 80 tons and it takes 25 people at a time to do the people. >> this is one of the most amazing things that at least this year, i have done. i'm not lying. just, it feels so energetic to come here and do, spend your day on a meaningful day with the team that we work with. >> all of the money raised from today goes toward special olympics virginia. >> and annual event takes on new significance and urgency aft er rtham: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan
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and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. z2i1vz z16fz
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s in very well. we love it! ♪ you are watching news 4 at 6:00. >> a driver made a disturbing discovery after pulling off the side of road. he found a dead body along the ramp of 695 to route 10 south. this was late yesterday afternoon. an autopsy is being performed in baltimore to find out how that person died. he was just 16 years old and had his entire life ahead of him. but a teenager from northeast dc had his life cut short after being shot to dea
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attempted robbery in southwest dc, we see how the teen was remembered today. >> reporter: a sunny saturday in the southwest dc park, it's family day for the college bound program. teens, their families and their mentors with bright futures ahead of them. >> i'm zaire -- >> reporter: a student in the college bound program died wednesday evening, they say he was a victim of an attempted robbery minutes after leaving a college bound attempt. he killed his attacker in self defense. >> he was a young man who robbed and will try to rob and kill my student was not being mentored. he was not being mentored in a positive way. >> what college bound is about is helping young people realize their potential and present day circumstances do not have to dictate future outcomes. >> so they are not on the street trying rob someone because they don't realize their opportunities. let's take a moment for
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forward and come together as a family at college bound and move ahead. >> reporter: not without remembering. today, they folded a thousand oragmi swans and in coming days there will be a scholarship fund had his name. >> we are all doing it for him. we are going to go on and push for him. >> in southwest, derek ward, news four. >> and now, your storm team four forecast. >> what a pleasant day it has been. right now, current temperatures 87, unbelievable. we have that wind out of the north at 7 miles an hour. that is keeping things not as humid. take a look at the current conditions. it's not just us feeling more like summer. out to columbus, ohio at 89 right now up towards state college, penn state, 84 degrees as we speak. so, as we head throughout the evening. temperatures are going to continue to fall. we are looking at a pleasant evening overall, very clear and comfortable
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low 70s by 2:00 a.m. and we are looking at mid to upper 60s through day break tomorrow. so it's great weather for grilling. you know, it's not, it's fall, but it does not feel like fall yet. capitalize on the weather. a nice evening to grill out. temperatures in the 80 and is falling off. tons of sunshine, tomorrow we have the redskins game. we will look at the forecast. but know we could near 90 for the sunday. similar for monday. plenty of sunshine, highs in the upper 80s. speaking of the redskins game, here is the look at the forecast. 87, so warm in the stadium. very sunny as well. overnight, very similar set up to tonight. where we are going to see pleasant conditions overnight, comfortable. temperatures are dropping in the mid to lower 70s weighs head through the end of the game. so, i want to go ahead and transition, we are headed to the tropics where we have our eye on maria. she is well north of the t
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the newest track came in at 5:00 p.m. from the national hurricane center. i will show you something interesting. staying off shore. too close for comfort. but should not directly impact our area. we are seeing a movement north, northwest at this point at 9 miles per hour. but as it continues to track toward the north, it will take a bit of a bend toward the east and that should be on thursday. not only that, the system will continue to weak eastbou-- to wo a cat-1 status. local impacts. cloudy conditions. breezy, again, tomorrow, 90, storm team outlook, shows fall weather coming by the end of the week. that's a look at the forecast. erica? >> yes. all right, thank you ma'am. reds safety, may not be causing havoc on the field, but he did beate a
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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> chris miles here in the csn studios. uva kicked off a busy college football weekend by handing boise state the biggest home loss since 2001,
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by a quarterback, who tossed for 273 yards and now, has the third most yards in passing in all of college football. maryland took field against central florida this afternoon and the quarterback position for them has quickly become a big concern. back in the season opener. starting quarterback, tyrell went down with injury. today, he suffered an injury to his leg. first quarter. scoreless game. hill, trying to make something out of nothing and extend the play against ucf, those few yards prove costly. you can see the hit again, up close and personal. and it was a big one. hill, didn't return. the maryland offense slow to recover, they trail 24-3 before finding a groove. third quarter. third stringer. connects with
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terps took too long they fall 38-10 the first loss of the season. >> old dominion at virginia tech, 17-year-old stephen williams starting at quarterback for the monarchs. the dc native, a product of woodrow wilson high school. he started in fbs history. he does not play defense. he was not given the task of stopping. stephen peoples. josh jackson, finds the running back to put the hokies up 10-0, on plays like this. it's good to have good peoples. three touchdowns for the junior, hokies roll 38-0, they have scored 95 unanswered points against their last two opponents. navy hosting cincinnati, mid shipman, 30-10. zach abey doing his best to keep the record alive. and he finds his wide receiver. tyler carmona who is wide
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navy up by 14. second half now josh brown. taking it to the ground. mid shipman delivering the knockout blow. fourth quarter, back at it again for one of his two rushing scores, navy, they win it 42-32. >> fans lined up for hours, to get a chance to get a cravens jersey today. fellow redskins also showed support. cravens is done for the year after being placed on the reserve list to deal with personal issues. after running out of jerseys, he took the time to shake hands and take pictures. >> it's crazy. man, i'm emotional right now. i was not expecting a lot of people to come out here. i expect, 50, 100 people. to see the mall was packed and we have to bring out police and organize and everyone is wanting at least a picture if they cannot get a jersey, they want to say hi and give me best
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it means a lot to me. >> as far as the players that will take the field, the reds n redskins hosting the raiders on sunday night football on nbc 4. coverage begins with football night in america at 7:00 and kickoff 8:30. final college football update. howard comes back to win, 26-24. it's the first win of the season. bison, 2-2 on the year. erica, nats take on the mets tonight, first pitch set for 7:10. >> got a lot to put our eyes on. thank you very much. and we will see you tomorrow. >> that about z2i1vz z16fz
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gruden topic one, oakland coming to town. 2-0 record. look like a good football team. let's look at their offense first. >> well, i think with every derric carr. that's the only chance you have really he gets rid of the ball so

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